Upton Sinclair's famous novel, "The Jungle," was a scathing critique of the situation that existed in American factories in the beginning of the 20th century. The book highlighted the poor sanitation and worker standards that existed in meat packing and processing plants. As a result of the book Congress enacted two major pieces of legislation seeking to address the problems addressed in the book. The first was the "Meat Inspection Act", and the second was the "Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906."
The hindsight bias is often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon." It involves the tendency people have to assume that they knew the outcome of an event after the outcome has already been determined
Immigration drastically increased in the United States during the period between the Civil War and the early 1900s. This immigration boom coupled with increased development and industrial output following the Civil War led to large economic growth in the United States as well.
<span>a. few govt regulations of business</span>
